Support Worker

Priory Adult Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist adult care services. Our aim is to provide the right support in the right home for all the individuals we accommodate. With community-based residential care settings, as well as a network of supported living services, we support adults over the age of 18 with autism, dementia, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) and behaviours that challenge. We also offer a range of residential and nursing care settings for older people with varying levels of need.  

At Priory, you'll have the opportunity to be part of something special.  A close knit, supportive and diverse team who help to make a real difference to people’s lives. 

We offer full training and numerous career pathways, including our Nurse Apprenticeship program. 

Our roles can be flexible around your lifestyle, either full or part time and with a variety of shift patterns including weekdays and weekends.  

For further detail on the site location and type of support provided, please review the additional information section.

Pay Rate: £12.30 per hour.

Shifts: Day/Night shifts: 08:00 - 20:00 & 20:00 - 08:00 on a rota basis with weekends included.

Due to a genuine occupational requirement, we are looking to recruit workers that hold a Full UK Manual Driving Licence for this particular role.

Your positive attitude and passion for providing high quality care and support will be your key strengths, but you'll also have a friendly, patient and positive approach to work. You should be keen to learn and show compassion to care for the people we support. 

You will provide support with day to day activities, whilst encouraging and promoting independent living. As part of our team, you’ll help people reach their potential, through both practical and emotional support, making a positive difference to their lives.

Our teams provide care and support for individuals with different conditions at Priory sites all across the UK. 

It would be ideal if you have previous experience gained in a similar role. However whilst this is valuable, we are looking for individuals who display the right values and behaviours in order to make a difference to people’s lives. You should be keen to learn and show compassion to care for the people we support. Not only is full training provided, but there are numerous career pathways available to you, including our Nurse Apprenticeship program. 

Benefits include:

• A competitive salary
• Enhanced disclosure cost coverage
• Comprehensive induction and commitment to on-going training
• 28 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Online benefits and cashback rewards via Priory Perks
• Cycle to work scheme
• NEST pension option
• Benefits are subject to T&Cs

Responsibilities 

• Supporting with personal care tasks, such as washing, dressing, eating, medication administration
• Cooking and preparation of food and drinks
• Perform light housekeeping tasks, such as dusting, vacuuming, laundry, changing beds
• Assistance and support to attend medical appointments, in-house activities, going out into the community and holidays
• Attendance of daily handovers to members of the team
• Observe, monitor, and record physical and emotional well-being, with immediate reporting to the management team on site or via the on-call system
• Encouragement to participate in social and recreational activities

Qualifications and Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills and a caring nature
• Empathy, understanding and patience
• Ability to work on your own and as part of a team
• Ability to understand and follow policies and procedures
• The ability to anticipate and respond to challenges
• Competent in verbal and written English
• A healthcare qualification level 2 is desirable, but not essential
• A driver is desired bur not essential and must be able to drive a manual vehicle

To be considered for this role, we require you to have the right to work in the UK.

Located in Trentham in Stoke-on-Trent, Collinson Court is a Residential service for 9 x people who have Autism, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health.

The service is located in a residential area, off the main road, with sufficient bus routes and other forms of transport to enable easy access to the service and to the City of Stoke-on-Trent and surrounding areas.

Our team are extremely dedicated to providing our service-users with the care and support that they require to "live their best lives ever".

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an Enhanced level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) the cost of which this will be covered by The Priory Group.  

We are an equal opportunities employer.